Box for water-meters.



M. N. GRIFFIN. BOX FOR WATER METERS.

APPLICATION FILED 001219, 1911.

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Apglication filedoctober 19, 1911, Serial No. 8 55,4.7a.

To aZZ whom may concern: I

Be it known that I, Mon'rrmnn Bl. GRIFIETN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at .Rome, in the county of Floyd and State of Georgia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes tor Water-Meters, of which the following as a SPQClfi'? cation.

My invention relates to an improvement in boxes for watermeters, such asare placed in the streets and sidewalks of towns and cities; and theobject is to provide a box with a cover which will not be .easily oraccidentally displaced or removed, andinfact which cannot very well beremoved without the proper appliance therefor; and in vention comprises,in addition to Qtfi'zY-C features, means for removing the cover of themeter-box.

VVit-h these objects in view, my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations of parts'which will behereinafter fully described and pointed out in. the claims.

In the accompanying drawings2-Figure 1 is top plan view of the be T is abottom plan view of the cover, 5 is a detail view showing where one ofthe h in the notch or it an imvardly-pro just below the n eat vtor theclover. with narrow n wider no 3, atopnosil on the sides. re bor: has

bottom, but at the lower end a 13, indicates the cover. This is providedon thelower surface with intersecting longitudinal and transverse ribs 5and 6 re- 2, 2, and 3, 3, in the ledge 1, and bear against the innerwall of the box for a considerable distance down from the top.

While the end lugs 7, 7, approximately fit much narrower than the sidenotches 3, 3, @the reason for which is that the. remaining spaceafforded by these wide notches affords entrance or" clearance for thehooks '8, 8, of the hinged key or tongs 9, which are required in orderto remove the cover, they being dropped through small holes 10, l0,inthe side edges of the cover adjacent to the legs 7, 7. These holes-areintended to he so small, and the lugs so long that the cover cannot beremoved, except as it is caught and lifted from the two side edgessimultaneously andevenly, the holes 10, 10, being cover balances itselfwhen it is raised and lowered by means of the key or tongs. In this way,l provide a simple but eiiective arrangement for preventing accidentaltilting, displacement, or removal of the cover from a meter-box, thusavoiding the danger inci= to horses and pedestrians stepping or into thebox, which is common with exercised in designing and conthe cover inorder that it may maintain its place and yet yield readily to per toolfor bringing about its reorn the box, or replacing it.

is evident that more or less slight t be resorted to in the form of theseveral parts det departure from the spirit my invention, and hence I dobe i d to the exact conbut - a my invention, desire to' secure by I 3,oi? cover having e*l0n, 2;ated depending lags adapted to enter thenotches and it closely the wall oi the box, the cover having holes atthe centers of the opposite sides adjacent to the side lugs, and overthe side notches in the ledge of the box.

theend notches 2, 2, the side lugs 7, 7, are.

other e astructions where less ingenuity and on with a box having a asnear the center as possible, so that the 53. The combil mtion with a,box having a reinforcing and strengthening both them I *Chfid 1 ,e, 015acover having elongated and the cover;

d u aclap ed. t0 enter the notches In testimony whereof I affix mysignature,

' PM Wall of he box, the cover in the presence 0f two-witiiesses.

' having ho'ieset t e centers of the opposite MORTIMER N. GRIFFIN. sidesadjac e .1 (0 me side lugs and over the Witnesses: side notchee in theledge of the box, ancl- A. DENNY,

intersecting fibs connecting these lugs and 'E. P. TREADAWAYL Ea'inerlfor five cents each, by addressing the finmmissioner of Pmfients.v

(Jagsies of this patent; may be 0b 1 Washington, D. C,

